Jenny Kiss'd Me
Leigh Hunt
Jumping from the chair she sat in;
Time, you thief, who love to get
Sweets into your list, put that in!
Say I’m weary, say I’m sad,
Say that health and wealth have miss’d me,
Say I’m growing old, but add,
Jenny kiss’d me.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Ecclesiastes Love Song
Another one from my childhood that's short enough to remember. Despite being a little trite, there's a nugget of world-weariness and hard-won wisdom that puts me in mind of Ecclesiastes. Get while the getting is good, because the getting that's got will eventually get you.
Jenny kiss’d me when we met,
Jumping from the chair she sat in;
Time, you thief, who love to get
Sweets into your list, put that in!
Say I’m weary, say I’m sad,
Say that health and wealth have miss’d me,
Say I’m growing old, but add,
Jenny kiss’d me.
Jumping from the chair she sat in;
Time, you thief, who love to get
Sweets into your list, put that in!
Say I’m weary, say I’m sad,
Say that health and wealth have miss’d me,
Say I’m growing old, but add,
Jenny kiss’d me.
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